DRAMA AND

ART IN
EDUCATION
EPC- 3
Meaning
• Drama and Arts in education is an expanding field of educational
research and practice informed by investigations into learning
through arts experiences.
• It is distinguished from art education by being not so much
about teaching art and drama, but focused on:
• how to improve learning through the arts
• how to transfer learning in and through the arts to other
disciplines
• discovering and creating understanding of human behavior,
thinking, potential, and learning especially through the close
observation of works of art and various forms of involvement
in arts experiences
Objectives
• Understanding the forms, elements and functions of Drama and
Art,
• Understanding stagecraft and audience etiquettes,
• Learning how to integrate drama and art in the school curriculum,
• Enabling learners to develop their aesthetic sensibilities and using
drama and art in creative expression,
• Elucidating the role of drama and art in self realization of learners,
• Sensitizing learners on the use of drama and art for special learners,
• Understanding of the local and global culture through drama and
art,
• Enabling learners to perceive the social and environmental issues
through drama and art,
• Understand the value of team work and group work.
Why teacher trainees need to learn Drama and
Art?
• It has lot of scope for fostering creativity, socialization,
confidence building, organization ability in the student-
teachers at B.Ed. level.
• It is being visualized that the teachers once professionally
equip with the skills of drama and arts, they will be making
difference in the pedagogical practices in classrooms.
• The components of fine arts aim to develop aesthetic
sensibilities in student-teachers and learn the use of art in
teaching-learning.
• The challenge of teacher educators lies not only in expanding
the landscapes of children’s art, but in also perceiving their
world, their artistic processes and then from that sense of
understanding, explore ways of assessing their work.
Importance of Drama and Art in Education
• Studying Drama and Performing Arts not only engages with
the creative side of the brain, it also provides an ideal balance
in students’ patterns of study.
• Drama is an effective learning tool because it involves the
student intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Activities in improvisation, pantomime, play-making, and
scene re-enactment serve to develop the creative potential in
the participants and help to develop critical thinking skills.
• Arts and its various forms help to express creatively and
differently.
What you will be learning in this course
• Aesthetics and Arts
• Meaning and concept
• Knowledge of Indian Arts and Artists
• Classical Indian Arts
• Folk Arts
• Contemporary Arts
• Knowledge of Indian Craft Tradition
• Visual Arts, Performing Arts and their educational
implications
• Indian Festivals and their significance
What we will be learning Contd…
Visual Arts and Crafts
• Rangoli
• Poster Art
• Pastel Art
• Pen and Ink Art
• Material Art
• Clay Modeling
• Nirmal Painting
• Golkonda Painting
• Nakashi Painting
• Block Printing
• Collage
• Paper Cutting
• Paper Folding
What we will be Learning Contd…
Performing Arts – Regional Art Forms
• Music
• Classical Music
• Folk Music
• Dance
• Theatre and Puppetry
• Telangana Classical Theatre Art
• Folk Song set to the tune of ‘T’ Struggle
• Bathukamma Festival
• Cultural Sites of Telangana
What you will be learning Contd…
• Viewing and listening to live and recorded performance of
cultural and regional art forms.
• Oggu katha
• Sarada kala
• Perini Shivathandavam
• Mathuri Dance
• Participation and performance in any of the regional art
forms
• Bonalu
• Nagoba Jatara
• Sammakka Sarakka Jatara
What you will be learning Contd…

• Display of organising skills by student teachers

• Stage decoration
• Organising of a cultural event
• Anchoring and Compering a programme
DRAMA
What is Drama?
• Drama is a word of Greek origin meaning "action" and referring to a
performance on the stage in which actors act out the events and
characters of a story.
• Drama is also a type of a play written for theatre, television, radio,
and film.
DRAMA-Various Types
• STAGE PLAYS – drama written to be performed on a stage for
a live audience
• RADIO PLAYS -- written to be performed as radio broadcasts.
They include sound effects and require no set, stage, or
directions that explain movement.
• TELEPLAYS – scripts written for television and often contain
elements similar to a screenplay.
• SCREENPLAYS – scripts written for films. These will include
camera angles and can allow for more scene changes than a
stage play.
ART
What is Art?
• Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory
or performing artefacts (artworks), expressing the author's
imaginative, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be
appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.
• Art is an expression of our thoughts, emotions, intuitions, and
desires, but it is even more personal than that: it's about sharing
the way we experience the world, which for many is an extension of
personality.
Types of Arts
• Visual Arts
• Drawing
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Printmaking
• Performance Arts
• Dance
• Drama
• Music
Visual Arts- Drawing
Visual Arts- Painting

Nakashi Painting Tanjore Painting Nirmal Painting

Madhubani Painting Warli Painting

Visual Arts- Sculpture
Visual Arts- Printmaking
Performance Arts: Dance

Some Famous Classical Dancers of India

•Pandit Birju Maharaj- Khatak
•Rukmini Devi Arundale – Bharatanatyam
•Mallika Sarabhai- Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam
•Yamini Krishnamurthy - Kuchipudi,
Bharatanatyam
Dances of Telangana
• Perini Shivatandavam – originated and prospered
during Kakatiya Dyansty.
• Gusadi dance- performed by ‘Raj Gonds’ in Adilabad
tribals.
• Lambada Folk Dance- folk dance of telagana and
Andhra Pradesh.
• Dappu Dance- originated in Nizamabad.
• Mayuri Folk Dance- performed in Khammama tribal
areas
Dances of Telangana

Perini Shivatandavam Dappu Dance

Lambada Dance Gusadi Dance

Performance Arts- Music
Some Famous Musicians and Vocalists in India
• Pandit Ravi Shankar – Sitar
• Zakir Hussain – Tabla
• Bismillah Khan – Shehnai
• Hariprasad Chaurasia – Flute
• M.S. Subbalakshmi – Vocalist
• M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocalist
• Lata Mageshkar –Vocalist
• Bhimsen Joshi - Vocalist
Folk Music of Telangana
• Bathukamma Folk Songs
• Oggu Katha - traditional folklore singing, praising and narrating the
stories of Hindu gods Mallana, Beerappa and Yellamma. It
originated among the Kuruma and Yadava communities, who
devoted themselves to the singing of ballads in praise of Lord Shiva.
• Sarada Kala – story is narrated in the form of song/ballad and a
stringed instrument folk veena is used.
Educational Implications
• Students gain important life skills as they learn the value of critical
feedback, both positive and constructive.
• Drama and the performing arts allow an avenue to develop
cognitive abilities that complement study in other disciplines.
• Communication between peers is accelerated as students are
exposed to group activities. This experience also provides
opportunity for students to display cultural leadership qualities.
• The Arts can also be a source of solitude – a place where a child is
able to shut out their surrounds and immerse themselves in a
creative environment.
• The Arts can act as an agent through which a variety of emotions
can be learned, rehearsed and practiced.
Educational Implications Contd…
• Adolescents can find it difficult to express their emotions and so
the Arts provides a great outlet for children to explore a wide range
of feelings including delight, anger and unhappiness.
• Creative expression is a great way to build self-confidence and can
be particularly beneficial for introverted and reserved children.
• Performing arts is a discipline that encourages teamwork, whether
that is in writing, creating or during the act of performing.
Classroom Applications
Drama can be the vehicle for the following applications:
• Role play Develop scenarios to introduce new concepts.
• Dramatize a meeting between characters or historical
figures.
• Reenact a real event.
• Dramatize a scene that might have happened in a story.
• Improvise a scene that expresses the topic or theme.
• Act out scenarios as a way to approach writing dialogue.
• Create literary sketches.
• Stimulate ideas for composing essays, poetry, or fiction.
• Portray famous people.
Thank You.